David H. Deans
@dhdeans.bsky.social
Technology, Media and Telecom analyst, consultant, columnist - digital multi-platform practitioner, commercial transmedia storyteller @dhdeans
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Context Engineering is the art and science of deliberately curating and managing all the information (the context) fed into an AI Large Language Model (LLM) window to achieve a specific, desired output. buff.ly/HNvtHzH
#Enterprise #GenAI #ValueCreation
#Enterprise #GenAI #ValueCreation
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Context Engineering is the art and science of deliberately curating and managing all the information (the context) fed into an AI Large Language Model (LLM) window to achieve a specific, desired output. buff.ly/HNvtHzH
#Enterprise #GenAI #ValueCreation
#Enterprise #GenAI #ValueCreation
Financial Inclusion Through Digital Wallets buff.ly/tEy93Y2
Juniper Research projects the user base will expand from 4.5 billion in 2025 to 6 billion by 2030, representing more than three-quarters of the global population.
#eCommerce #Payments #Trends
Juniper Research projects the user base will expand from 4.5 billion in 2025 to 6 billion by 2030, representing more than three-quarters of the global population.
#eCommerce #Payments #Trends
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Financial Inclusion Through Digital Wallets buff.ly/tEy93Y2
Juniper Research projects the user base will expand from 4.5 billion in 2025 to 6 billion by 2030, representing more than three-quarters of the global population.
#eCommerce #Payments #Trends
Juniper Research projects the user base will expand from 4.5 billion in 2025 to 6 billion by 2030, representing more than three-quarters of the global population.
#eCommerce #Payments #Trends
Breaking News: City of Austin employees, including the City Manager, are being investigated for the abuse of their government-provided credit card with personal fraudulent expenses. Mayor Kirk Watson must respond to this ongoing investigation. #AustinTX
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Austin council staff to get training after Statesman spending probe
Austin City Council staff will be trained on city financial policies after an ongoing American-Statesman investigation revealed council members have made questionable purchases.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Breaking News: City of Austin employees, including the City Manager, are being investigated for the abuse of their government-provided credit card with personal fraudulent expenses. Mayor Kirk Watson must respond to this ongoing investigation. #AustinTX
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Generative AI is expanding possibilities for retail optimization. While 2024 saw GenAI primarily applied in customer service and marketing chatbots, the new focus is on operational decision support. buff.ly/K5iYMqV
#AppliedAI #Retailer #Investment
#AppliedAI #Retailer #Investment
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Generative AI is expanding possibilities for retail optimization. While 2024 saw GenAI primarily applied in customer service and marketing chatbots, the new focus is on operational decision support. buff.ly/K5iYMqV
#AppliedAI #Retailer #Investment
#AppliedAI #Retailer #Investment
Cisco's 2026 growth outlook has more credibility than a prior IT hardware refresh year. For me, this is a key moment of reassessment and renewed confidence in their platform innovation, rather than a passive investment holding. buff.ly/NA1YJTV
#Tech #Growth #Stocks
#Tech #Growth #Stocks
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Cisco's 2026 growth outlook has more credibility than a prior IT hardware refresh year. For me, this is a key moment of reassessment and renewed confidence in their platform innovation, rather than a passive investment holding. buff.ly/NA1YJTV
#Tech #Growth #Stocks
#Tech #Growth #Stocks
The Applied-AI Initiative race is no longer merely to build an industry-leading AI model, but to possess the computational engine robust enough to train and deploy it at an exponential scale. buff.ly/EEvU0lg
#AppliedAI #Infrastructure #Investment
#AppliedAI #Infrastructure #Investment
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Applied-AI Initiative race is no longer merely to build an industry-leading AI model, but to possess the computational engine robust enough to train and deploy it at an exponential scale. buff.ly/EEvU0lg
#AppliedAI #Infrastructure #Investment
#AppliedAI #Infrastructure #Investment
Austin Taxpayer Revolt: We're Voting 'Against' Prop Q
The City leaders want to raise $110 million in new property taxes, but they refuse to disclose how the tax windfall will be spent. Their budget mismanagement and deception must end now! Vote NO to Prop Q.
#AustinTX #Revolt
The City leaders want to raise $110 million in new property taxes, but they refuse to disclose how the tax windfall will be spent. Their budget mismanagement and deception must end now! Vote NO to Prop Q.
#AustinTX #Revolt
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Decoding the AI Infrastructure Gold Rush buff.ly/EEvU0lg
New Research: The projected global market spending on AI infrastructure will reach $758 billion by 2029. This is not a gradual ramp; it's a rapid, sustained investment surge.
#AppliedAI #Infrastructure #Investment
New Research: The projected global market spending on AI infrastructure will reach $758 billion by 2029. This is not a gradual ramp; it's a rapid, sustained investment surge.
#AppliedAI #Infrastructure #Investment
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Decoding the AI Infrastructure Gold Rush buff.ly/EEvU0lg
New Research: The projected global market spending on AI infrastructure will reach $758 billion by 2029. This is not a gradual ramp; it's a rapid, sustained investment surge.
#AppliedAI #Infrastructure #Investment
New Research: The projected global market spending on AI infrastructure will reach $758 billion by 2029. This is not a gradual ramp; it's a rapid, sustained investment surge.
#AppliedAI #Infrastructure #Investment
𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲
How can large firms terminate thousands of employees, and yet that doesn't negatively impact business operations? Who are these people, and what was their role? buff.ly/ycsI7lD
#Tech #HR
How can large firms terminate thousands of employees, and yet that doesn't negatively impact business operations? Who are these people, and what was their role? buff.ly/ycsI7lD
#Tech #HR
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲
How can large firms terminate thousands of employees, and yet that doesn't negatively impact business operations? Who are these people, and what was their role? buff.ly/ycsI7lD
#Tech #HR
How can large firms terminate thousands of employees, and yet that doesn't negatively impact business operations? Who are these people, and what was their role? buff.ly/ycsI7lD
#Tech #HR
AUSTIN TAXPAYERS UNITE: ✅ Demand comprehensive spending audits ✅ Prioritize public safety over PR ✅ Reform unsustainable pensions ✅ Stop tax increases during economic hardship ✅ Elect leaders who understand fiscal discipline.
Vote NO on Prop Q, stop the abuse and waste.
Vote NO on Prop Q, stop the abuse and waste.
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
AUSTIN TAXPAYERS UNITE: ✅ Demand comprehensive spending audits ✅ Prioritize public safety over PR ✅ Reform unsustainable pensions ✅ Stop tax increases during economic hardship ✅ Elect leaders who understand fiscal discipline.
Vote NO on Prop Q, stop the abuse and waste.
Vote NO on Prop Q, stop the abuse and waste.
The healthcare sector has decisively moved beyond the experimental phase, transforming AI from a technological curiosity into an operational necessity, reshaping everything from drug discovery to clinical documentation. bit.ly/4opQXas
#AppliedAI #Healthcare #Research
#AppliedAI #Healthcare #Research
October 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The healthcare sector has decisively moved beyond the experimental phase, transforming AI from a technological curiosity into an operational necessity, reshaping everything from drug discovery to clinical documentation. bit.ly/4opQXas
#AppliedAI #Healthcare #Research
#AppliedAI #Healthcare #Research
Retail Supply Chains Enter the AI Age buff.ly/pkV6MjN
New Research: more than 90 percent of global retailers are deploying AI to bolster decision-making and optimize operations. #Retailer #SupplyChain #Innovation
New Research: more than 90 percent of global retailers are deploying AI to bolster decision-making and optimize operations. #Retailer #SupplyChain #Innovation
October 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Retail Supply Chains Enter the AI Age buff.ly/pkV6MjN
New Research: more than 90 percent of global retailers are deploying AI to bolster decision-making and optimize operations. #Retailer #SupplyChain #Innovation
New Research: more than 90 percent of global retailers are deploying AI to bolster decision-making and optimize operations. #Retailer #SupplyChain #Innovation
SHARED SACRIFICE: While private companies like Salesforce cut 4,000 jobs due to AI efficiency, Austin's local government increased hiring and wasteful spending.
Mayor Watson must make the same tough decisions as taxpaying businesses.
Vote NO on Prop Q, stop the abuse!
#AustinTX
Mayor Watson must make the same tough decisions as taxpaying businesses.
Vote NO on Prop Q, stop the abuse!
#AustinTX
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
SHARED SACRIFICE: While private companies like Salesforce cut 4,000 jobs due to AI efficiency, Austin's local government increased hiring and wasteful spending.
Mayor Watson must make the same tough decisions as taxpaying businesses.
Vote NO on Prop Q, stop the abuse!
#AustinTX
Mayor Watson must make the same tough decisions as taxpaying businesses.
Vote NO on Prop Q, stop the abuse!
#AustinTX
Governments have relied on reactive, rules-based, and post-transaction audits to detect malfeasance. AI, leveraging advanced machine learning, enables a proactive and preventive approach through enhanced accountability and anomaly detection. buff.ly/tBv073c
#GovTech #AI
#GovTech #AI
October 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Governments have relied on reactive, rules-based, and post-transaction audits to detect malfeasance. AI, leveraging advanced machine learning, enables a proactive and preventive approach through enhanced accountability and anomaly detection. buff.ly/tBv073c
#GovTech #AI
#GovTech #AI
This #NVIDIA report reveals an industry that's no longer asking whether to adopt AI, but how quickly it can scale deployment to maintain a competitive advantage. Moreover, recently reported Applied-AI outcomes from industry leaders validate this analysis. buff.ly/914JUph
October 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This #NVIDIA report reveals an industry that's no longer asking whether to adopt AI, but how quickly it can scale deployment to maintain a competitive advantage. Moreover, recently reported Applied-AI outcomes from industry leaders validate this analysis. buff.ly/914JUph
Austin City Council - explain why a $1.1M logo is more important than a fully staffed fire department? While you cut public safety to save $8M from a $6B budget, you waste millions on rebranding. FIX YOUR PRIORITIES
Taxpayers Vote NO on Prop Q, end the abuse!
#AustinTX #Revolt
Taxpayers Vote NO on Prop Q, end the abuse!
#AustinTX #Revolt
October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Why Global AI Legal Disputes Will Rise buff.ly/wSr4vWq
As GenAI productivity tools become more ubiquitous across enterprise environments, global regulatory environments present a complex and evolving challenge.
#Global #AI #Regulation
As GenAI productivity tools become more ubiquitous across enterprise environments, global regulatory environments present a complex and evolving challenge.
#Global #AI #Regulation
October 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Why Global AI Legal Disputes Will Rise buff.ly/wSr4vWq
As GenAI productivity tools become more ubiquitous across enterprise environments, global regulatory environments present a complex and evolving challenge.
#Global #AI #Regulation
As GenAI productivity tools become more ubiquitous across enterprise environments, global regulatory environments present a complex and evolving challenge.
#Global #AI #Regulation
An overwhelming 69 percent of survey respondents consider AI skills "very important" or "important" when evaluating job candidates, with C-suite executives showing even stronger conviction at 80 percent. buff.ly/XzFX9Lh
#AI #Skills #Talent #Economy
#AI #Skills #Talent #Economy
October 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
An overwhelming 69 percent of survey respondents consider AI skills "very important" or "important" when evaluating job candidates, with C-suite executives showing even stronger conviction at 80 percent. buff.ly/XzFX9Lh
#AI #Skills #Talent #Economy
#AI #Skills #Talent #Economy
Sundar Pichai’s announcement confirms that true AI transformation moves beyond simple, siloed chatbots. Gemini Enterprise is a comprehensive platform focused on integration and enterprise context. Here are the most critical insights. buff.ly/umxP0dA
#AppliedAI #Enterprise
#AppliedAI #Enterprise
October 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Sundar Pichai’s announcement confirms that true AI transformation moves beyond simple, siloed chatbots. Gemini Enterprise is a comprehensive platform focused on integration and enterprise context. Here are the most critical insights. buff.ly/umxP0dA
#AppliedAI #Enterprise
#AppliedAI #Enterprise
PENSION REFORM: City of Austin faces $2.3B in unfunded employee retirement benefits while planning 4% raises for city workers. We demand pension reform. Austin taxpayers must avoid insolvency like Chicago.
Vote NO to Proposition Q, stop the property tax abuse.
#AustinTX #revolt
Vote NO to Proposition Q, stop the property tax abuse.
#AustinTX #revolt
October 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Research reveals the financial services industry no longer asks whether to adopt AI, but rather how quickly it can scale deployment. Recently reported Applied-AI outcomes from industry leaders validate this analysis. buff.ly/yj7DtQ6
#AppliedAI #Fintech #ROI #trends
#AppliedAI #Fintech #ROI #trends
October 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Research reveals the financial services industry no longer asks whether to adopt AI, but rather how quickly it can scale deployment. Recently reported Applied-AI outcomes from industry leaders validate this analysis. buff.ly/yj7DtQ6
#AppliedAI #Fintech #ROI #trends
#AppliedAI #Fintech #ROI #trends
Update: Worldwide end-user spending on GenAI smartphones could represent 20 percent of total AI-related consumer spending in 2025. This spending is expected to surge by 32 percent to $393.3 billion in 2026. buff.ly/AVeCxjC
#AI #Smartphone #Software #trends
#AI #Smartphone #Software #trends
October 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Update: Worldwide end-user spending on GenAI smartphones could represent 20 percent of total AI-related consumer spending in 2025. This spending is expected to surge by 32 percent to $393.3 billion in 2026. buff.ly/AVeCxjC
#AI #Smartphone #Software #trends
#AI #Smartphone #Software #trends
Global Satellite Broadband Revenue Forecast buff.ly/Ctcegt1
The addressable market extends far beyond urban centers. This market is expected to grow significantly, driven by increasing demand for reliable internet access in remote areas. #telecom #internet #satellites
The addressable market extends far beyond urban centers. This market is expected to grow significantly, driven by increasing demand for reliable internet access in remote areas. #telecom #internet #satellites
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Global Satellite Broadband Revenue Forecast buff.ly/Ctcegt1
The addressable market extends far beyond urban centers. This market is expected to grow significantly, driven by increasing demand for reliable internet access in remote areas. #telecom #internet #satellites
The addressable market extends far beyond urban centers. This market is expected to grow significantly, driven by increasing demand for reliable internet access in remote areas. #telecom #internet #satellites
Don't increase property taxes; cut costs instead. The most compelling case for embracing AI in government centers on its potential to unlock unprecedented employee productivity and cost efficiency benefits. buff.ly/RiwpH4n
#GovTech #CostReduction #Leadership
#GovTech #CostReduction #Leadership
October 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Don't increase property taxes; cut costs instead. The most compelling case for embracing AI in government centers on its potential to unlock unprecedented employee productivity and cost efficiency benefits. buff.ly/RiwpH4n
#GovTech #CostReduction #Leadership
#GovTech #CostReduction #Leadership
The market for ruggedized industrial WLAN APs is expected to grow at a 7.6 percent CAGR from 2024 to 2030, underlining both the scale of demand and the widespread deployment of wireless solutions for mission-critical automation. buff.ly/FjNNQmU
#Wireless #Enterprise #AI
#Wireless #Enterprise #AI
October 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The market for ruggedized industrial WLAN APs is expected to grow at a 7.6 percent CAGR from 2024 to 2030, underlining both the scale of demand and the widespread deployment of wireless solutions for mission-critical automation. buff.ly/FjNNQmU
#Wireless #Enterprise #AI
#Wireless #Enterprise #AI